At this moment, Gu Xuan's heart was full of questions, but he was able to piece things together based on the dialogue between the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and the Evil God, Luya.
Subsequently, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and Luya explained the events of the past to Gu Xuan.
It turned out that when the Dragon God ascended to the Divine Realm, his talent and potential were so heaven-defying that his strength was already comparable to a God-King before his position was even fully stabilized. Combined with his rebellious nature and refusal to submit, the soul beast clan was suppressed.
The Evil God, due to his unconventional personality, acted solely based on his own whims and sense of right and wrong; thus, he chose to help the Dragon God oppose the gods.
That battle was world-shaking. Because the Dragon God's realm was not yet stable, the Evil God blocked the siege of the five Great God-Kings on his behalf. He nearly perished, leaving behind only a sliver of his origin, which drifted to the Douluo Continent, where, by chance, it parasitized a white tiger.
From then on, the Evil God was erased from the Divine Realm. This sliver of origin required power to restore its consciousness and return to its peak. Driven by this will, the white tiger parasitized by the origin transformed into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, becoming an object of universal hatred and pursuit.
In truth, the Evil God was not a bloodthirsty person. The Evil in his title did not denote wickedness, but was rather a symbol of his unorthodox personality.
Once Gu Xuan grasped this information, he understood a bit more about the ancient history of the Douluo Continent, though neither the Evil God nor the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings wished for him to reveal too much.
However, it was proven that the Evil God was as trustworthy as the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. It was just that this fellow wanted to use Gu Xuan to recover quickly. Having just restored a sliver of divine sense, he had tried to trick Gu Xuan into accepting his inheritance. By doing so, a portion of Gu Xuan's power would be granted to him, accelerating his recovery.
Notably, the Evil God had also cultivated on his own to break through the hundredth rank and become a god. He was from the same era as the Destruction God-King and the Asura God-King, and he possessed the method for independent godhood.
Gu Xuan naturally knew of methods for independent godhood, such as using faith like the Angel God and Sea God, or accepting an inheritance.
But the Evil God was neither; he had become a god relying on his own strength, much like the five Great God-Kings.
In the original story, the fact that Tang San could later become the Law Enforcer of the Divine Realm and a God-King was entirely due to the support of the Asura God and Sea God positions.
Therefore, receiving this news made Gu Xuan overjoyed. After all, he had previously thought about inheriting the Asura God-King's position, which was much more appealing than the Sea God's.
Now, if he could obtain the method for independent cultivation toward godhood from Luya, Gu Xuan could create his own divine position and ascend. Wouldn't that be magnificent?
An inherited divine position represents someone else's path; one might never break through further. If one cultivates their own godhood, every insight is their own, undeniably offering more potential and a brighter future.
However, the Evil God was no fool; he wouldn't tell Gu Xuan right now, and Gu Xuan wasn't ready yet anyway. He had only just broken through to six rings and was still too far from that level.
Under the witness of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, Gu Xuan made a pact with the Evil God. Luya would help him achieve independent godhood, and Gu Xuan would help him restore his divine position in the future.
Since Gu Xuan's plan to resurrect the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings already put him at odds with the gods of the Divine Realm, adding one more didn't matter, especially since these were all resources.
After reaching the agreement, the Evil God helped Gu Xuan refine the Evil God Bead and that sliver of origin. After refinement, the origin, the newly born sliver of divine sense, took up residence in Gu Xuan's Sea of Consciousness, much like Electrolux residing in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness ten thousand years later.
As Gu Xuan's strength grew, this sliver of divine sense would slowly strengthen, perhaps even saving his life at a critical moment.
Furthermore, with the entry of Luya's divine sense, Gu Xuan's mental power expanded, reaching the level of a true Titled Douluo.
After refining the Evil God Bead, the sixth Soul Ring on Gu Xuan's body turned completely red, a hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring!
Gu Rong, who had been watching Gu Xuan without blinking, was overwhelmed with excitement when he saw the blood-red Soul Ring.
A hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring? What kind of monster could achieve this? Forget achieving it, he had never even heard of such a thing!
After a long time, Gu Xuan completely finished refining the bead. When he slowly opened his eyes, a streak of grayish-white light flashed within his red-and-blue pupils.
Simultaneously, a lock of the red bangs on Gu Xuan's forehead turned grayish-white. Although it looked exotic, it didn't detract from his handsomeness; even this tri-colored hair enhanced his charm.
Gu Xuan stood up slowly. Six Soul Rings—two yellow, one purple, two black, and one red—pulsated in order. His terrifying Rank 61 soul power was not inferior to a Soul Douluo's in the slightest.
This was the terrifying result of compressing soul power; in terms of intensity alone, he was already comparable to a Soul Douluo.
If Gu Xuan faced Qian Renxue again now, he was confident he could defeat her without even using his Gold-level Second Awakening, because his two new soul skills were simply heaven-defying.
Yes, two soul skills. Although his sixth Soul Ring was not taken from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, it possessed two skills, and two extremely powerful and terrifying ones at that.
Gu Xuan hadn't expected this himself. Typically, God-bestowed Soul Rings only grant a single skill, usually the one most suitable for the Soul Master.
But Gu Xuan had two, and both were perfectly compatible. Because the Evil God had spent tens of thousands of years parasitizing Dark Demon Evil God Tigers and killing countless beasts and humans, the necrotic energy and the Bone Dragon's innate Nether Flame were highly compatible.
In addition to its spatial attribute, the Bone Dragon Martial Soul possesses Nether Flame, a characteristic common to most martial souls of this type.
The Evil God origin had parasitized more than one Dark Demon Evil God Tiger; every time a host was killed, it would seek the next target. This was how it had managed to recover a sliver of divine sense over such a long time.
One must remember that the Evil God was a top-tier 1st class god. To recover even a sliver of divine sense in a world belonging to humans required a staggering amount of energy.
Now that the Evil God had regained awareness and self-consciousness, he would no longer act purely on instinctual slaughter. Gu Xuan didn't need to worry about the divine sense affecting his mind.
In fact, the Evil God expressed some self-reproach. Although he had been driven by instinctual energy needs before recovering his senses, the excessive slaughter might have some impact even if he restored his divine position in the future.
It was possible his Evil God title would become more literal, while Evil hadn't originally meant wicked, after tens of thousands of years of slaughter, it might truly become so.
Seeing that Gu Xuan was stable, Gu Rong entered his Bone Dragon Space. Feeling the majesty of the hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring up close, he nearly wept with joy.
This was his grandson, after all. Not only had a sixteen-year-old Gu Xuan reached the Soul Emperor level, but his sixth Soul Ring was at the hundred-thousand-year rank. How could a grandfather not be ecstatic?
"Grandpa," Gu Xuan said with a slight smile.
Gu Rong nodded with satisfaction. "Good boy! Having you is the greatest luck of my life."
Gu Xuan's Soul Rings faded back into his body. He walked up to Gu Rong and said softly, "Grandpa, don't reveal my strength for now. Just tell Second Grandpa and the uncles."
Gu Rong nodded. "Naturally. Besides, Xiao You has successfully promoted to a Titled Douluo. With this news of yours, they will only be more glad of their decision to join us."
(End of Chapter)
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